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小花脸
xiǎo​huā​liǎn

clown

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
小花脸 小花臉 xiǎo​huā​liǎn
clown
A clown or comedic role in Chinese opera. The name refers to the distinctive white patch of makeup applied around the nose and eyes of these characters.

Frequency

Written text
0.041 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 丑 chǒu
  • 丑角 chǒu​jué

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)